Daily Archives: October 17, 2025

Movie Preview: Steve Coogan’s a World Cup coach trapped in a debacle in “Saipan”

Éanna Hardwicke plays Irish star player Roy Keane, and Coogan’s the manager/coach dealing with divas and bungles in prep for the 2002 World Cup, putting the Irish team through its paces in “the place that launched (bombers that delivered) “the … Continue reading

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Movie Review: “The Astronaut” Came Home with More than She Bargained For

The new sci-fi thriller “The Astronaut” is a somewhat ungainly marriage of “Alien” and “E.T.” It begins with mystery and danger and the best of intentions. But the longer the marriage goes on, the worse things get. Kate Mara has … Continue reading

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Documentary Preview: Ben Stiller, his wife, sister and others remember his parents — “Stiller and Meara: Nothing is Lost”

Got Apple TV+? This new doc by Ben Stiller is about his parents, one of the great comedy acts of their era, mught be reason enough to subscribe. Anne Meara and Jerry Stiller were married comic foils playing married comic … Continue reading

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Movie Review: “Black Phone 2,” a Busy Signal with Static

It’s helpful to remember 2021’s “The Black Phone” when pondering all the things that are different about the sequel, “Black Phone 2.” Because many of those differences point to why the second film spun off a Joe Hill (Stephen King’s … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Have and Have-Not are flipped by a Guardian Angel with “Good Fortune” at his disposal

Keanu Reeves brings an offhand charm to his guardian angel turn in “Good Fortune,” Aziz Ansari’s season-neutral “A Christmas Carol” parable about America in general and LA in particular as a land of have-a-lots and have-nots. Whatever inspiration the comic … Continue reading

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